Riddle House was in a Muggle village and it was hard to find Hogwarts. All he was doing was whizzing round the village on his broom, making no progress at all. All of a sudden Albus came over tired. His eyelids were drooping and he realised that he couldn’t possibly carry on flying. He swiftly landed his Bullet in the middle of a forest.

The trees were like soldiers, guarding him through the night as he shivered in the freezing cold, gazing up at the stars in the black sky. Albus clutched his broomstick tightly thinking of what Harry and Ginny would say when he told them what had happened. He wondered how he was ever going to get back to Hogwarts safely and worried about Scorpius getting on. It was long after midnight until he finally fell asleep.

Albus couldn’t believe his eyes when he woke up in a forest the next morning. He stared at the trees in bewilderment then it all came flooding back to him. Albus grabbed his broom and took off straight away. He looked for the tall, grey Hogwarts towers but none could be found.

As night fall approached, Albus spotted a snowy, white barn owl just like the one his father had at home. He gently stopped the owl noticing that he was carrying a letter. He slid the letter off the owl’s skinny feet and ripped it open.

Dear Albus and James (it read)

How is your first week at Hogwarts going? Are you in Gryffindor Albus? I hope so. Has the Quidditch trials took place yet? Are you on the team? Any news? Hope to hear from you soon,

Lots of love from Mum and Dad.

Albus read the letter in excitement. Hastily, he scribbled a reply on the back of the parchment.

Dear Mum and Dad

This is Albus; my first week at Hogwarts has been quite eventful. Thankfully I’m in Gryffindor and I have made a new friend Scorpius Malfoy. The Quidditch trials were yesterday and I am a seeker! I’ve got some news and I hope you can help me. You see I was just coming back from Quidditch and a strange woman called Cho Chang took me to Riddle house, apparently for protection. Any way I’ll tell you more details later but I stunned her and left, looking for Hogwarts, on my broom when I found our owl and read your letter,

Love

Albus.

He gave it to the owl and told him to take it back to Harry and Ginny. As Albus watched the beautiful owl glide through the air he had an idea. He would follow the owl home.

*

Albus was soaked. The heavy rain was hammering down on him and he was struggling to keep up with Hedwig, his father’s new owl. He gripped the mahogany broom handle, keeping his head down so the rain wouldn’t hammer down on his face aswell. Albus hoped that there wouldn’t be long to go.

He squeezed his hands tightly. They were so cold that they hurt. He looked ahead and saw Hedwig leading the way. This was all Cho’s fault, thought Albus, why, why, why did I go with her?

*

When Cho woke up she thought back to what had happened. Albus had Stunned her. No, before that, before she met Albus.

“You must. You must kill him,” said Ying.

“I can’t,” said Cho “I can’t betray him.”

“You have to. You’ve got no choice in the matter,” said Ying firmly “If you don’t then we’re all dead, not just him. Be careful not to let him slip of your grasp or you know what’ll happen.”

“Please,” begged Cho.

“You are going to kill him and that’s final,” Ying told her.

And now she had let him go.

*

At long last Albus was in view of his home, wizarding village. Hedwig swooped down landing on Albus’s house. Albus followed in suit.

While Hedwig fluttered down the chimney, Albus decided that he would go in the front door. He rapped the brass knocker and soon Ginny answered it. She was shocked to see Albus standing at the door, soaked to the skin.